[janus]

Mr Massoud said that if they were there to clear mines and reopen the airport for humanitarian flights, then the Alliance would have no objections

Obviously Mr Masssoud is a clymer who thinks that the Northern Alliance actually beat the Taliban forces by themselves.

[DoughtyOne]

Tell you guys what, then next one that opens his fat yap over there, let's just drop one down the old stove pipe. Then the next and the next until these guys begin to get the picture.

[McGavin999]

No, Mr. Masood is a wise man. We do have to make clear that we are NOT there to occupy the country, that we have business to take care of. Some of it has to do with getting humanitarian aid to the people so they don't starve to death this winter, and the rest is the capture and removal of all Al-Quaida personnel.

Common sense tells you that this should have been made abundently clear before we land in their country. Our guys are on the ground, I don't want people shooting at them from both sides. A meeting with a couple of the top commanders would have this operation moving like silk.